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list of Summer Olympic athletes
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Lisa Fernandez Thailand's Wijan Ponlid celebrates in a boxing ring, draped in the Thai flag and holding up a framed portrait of the king of Thailand after winning Olympic gold in 2000. Badminton competition at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games Basketball at the London 2012 Olympic Games Jessica Fox at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Anna Meares at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games Patricia McCormick of the United States Olympic team in a striped swimsuit, tightly tucked mid-dive during the springboard event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. Judit Agoston-Mendelenyi of Hungary and Valentina Prudskova of the Soviet Union face each other in a fencing bout at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, with judges seated behind them. Sam Kerr of Australia, wearing yellow, leaps to control the ball ahead of Wu Haiyan of China, in red, during a women's soccer Olympic qualifier match in Sydney. Mildred (“Babe”) Didrikson Zaharias

list of Summer Olympic athletes: References & Edit History

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  • Mindy Johnston
    Mindy Spitzer Johnston is Managing Editor at Encyclopædia Britannica. 

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Osyk. Nov 17, 2025
Added athletes who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Oct 27, 2025
Added cross-references to Arshad Nadeem and Su Bingtian. Sep 06, 2024
Link added. Aug 02, 2024
Added cross-references. Jul 29, 2024
Cross-reference added. Jul 09, 2024
Added cross-references. Jul 01, 2024
Media added. May 07, 2024
New article added. Apr 18, 2024
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